54% Want to End Defense Agreement with US 20. júní 2006 12:48 According to the results of a Gallup poll sponsored by Social Democrat MP Helgi Hjörvar, 53.9% of the Icelanders surveyed are in favour of Iceland terminating its defence agreement with the US. 24.8% were against the idea, while 21% had no opinion. The survey comes in the wake of an announcement from the US State Department earlier this spring that the NATO base in Keflavík would be severely downsized. The defence agreement between the two countries - wherein the US pledges to provide for Iceland's defence - still stands, however, and talks are currently underway to work out how this agreement will now be upheld. Minister of Foreign Affairs Valgerður Sverrisdóttir has already said that the defence agreement will not be suspended while talks are ongoing. - pfn News News in English Mest lesið Öskurrifust við leigubílstjóra: „Farið til helvítis, þið munuð borga mér“ Innlent Fjórir handteknir í aðgerðunum í Gnoðarvogi Innlent Sérsveitin kölluð út: Fjöldi handtekinn eftir húsleit í Gnoðarvogi Innlent Melania Trump hótar lögsókn á hendur Hunter Biden Erlent Nýir ofnar skemmast vegna súrefnis í heita vatninu Innlent Haraldur Briem er látinn Innlent Fleiri eldislaxar í Haukadalsá: „Þetta lítur alls ekki vel út“ Innlent Segir dæmi um að fjölskyldur hafi lokað á fólk vegna BDSM Innlent Segir tugi þúsunda sendingarkostnað vera dulinn landsbyggðarskatt Innlent Trump tilkynnti um næstu heiðursfélaga Kennedy-miðstöðvarinnar Erlent
According to the results of a Gallup poll sponsored by Social Democrat MP Helgi Hjörvar, 53.9% of the Icelanders surveyed are in favour of Iceland terminating its defence agreement with the US. 24.8% were against the idea, while 21% had no opinion. The survey comes in the wake of an announcement from the US State Department earlier this spring that the NATO base in Keflavík would be severely downsized. The defence agreement between the two countries - wherein the US pledges to provide for Iceland's defence - still stands, however, and talks are currently underway to work out how this agreement will now be upheld. Minister of Foreign Affairs Valgerður Sverrisdóttir has already said that the defence agreement will not be suspended while talks are ongoing. - pfn
News News in English Mest lesið Öskurrifust við leigubílstjóra: „Farið til helvítis, þið munuð borga mér“ Innlent Fjórir handteknir í aðgerðunum í Gnoðarvogi Innlent Sérsveitin kölluð út: Fjöldi handtekinn eftir húsleit í Gnoðarvogi Innlent Melania Trump hótar lögsókn á hendur Hunter Biden Erlent Nýir ofnar skemmast vegna súrefnis í heita vatninu Innlent Haraldur Briem er látinn Innlent Fleiri eldislaxar í Haukadalsá: „Þetta lítur alls ekki vel út“ Innlent Segir dæmi um að fjölskyldur hafi lokað á fólk vegna BDSM Innlent Segir tugi þúsunda sendingarkostnað vera dulinn landsbyggðarskatt Innlent Trump tilkynnti um næstu heiðursfélaga Kennedy-miðstöðvarinnar Erlent